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went up to Peterborough to see Harry Dexter White. He parked at the end of White's driveway where the Hisses could not see. He showed you the photograph. Ladies and gentlemen, that is corroboration.
Mrs. Massing confirmed that the two men knew each other. And Mrs. Catlett said she saw Chambers at the Hisses' home.
Chambers said the Hisses gave him $400 to buy a car. What is the proof? Hiss withdrew $400 from the bank a day or two before Chambers bought the car. Now the defense didn't say Chambers saw the bankbook. No, they didn't say that. But they knew this because he did say, "Well, perhaps the FBI showed Chambers that bank account." That statement sort of makes the FBI a conspirator with Chambers. Can you imagine that? This is open season on the FBI. Everybody is taking potshots at the FBI. That's the Communist party line. If you think any evidence in this case was manufactured by the FBI, acquit Alger Hiss.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Chambers described the various Hiss houses. How could they know how the furniture was placed in the rooms, or the colors of the houses unless they were really there? Did the FBI get all that information for them?
Exhibit 10 was the only document not typed on the Hiss typewriter. Chambers showed his honesty when he was asked about it and said, "Perhaps you
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